EVENiyg rBpER-PHitrABTJpyrrAV SATTnftDAl?, jAkuaby X, 1010.
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3000 SALOONS
QUIT BUSINESS IN
, SEVEN
"WAR BRIDES" IN PARADE
Liquor Shops Shut Doors
When Prohibition Laws
j Go Into Effect
8,000,000 AFFECTED
Idaho's Statute Most Drastic.
More Than $2,000,000 Spent
on 'Bargains' in Colorado
CHICAGO, Jnn. 1. State-wide prohibi
tion Of the enlo nml manufacture of Intox
icating liquors beenmo cftcctle In ncven
Stales at midnight 1nst night, putting out
Of business more tlmn S0CO nnloona, ft lar?e
number of breweries, wholesale liquor
houses and distilleries.
The State which nre to enter iho "dry"
fcolumnnro Ionn, Colorado, OregonWash
Yneton. Idaho, Ancnnsn and South Cnro-
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fecten by tne cnange. jinny counties in
nil of the seven States have prohibited
he sale of liquor for a number of jcars
a under local option laws
i In Colorado, District Attorneys at a re
Veent meeting, agreed thnt technically the
constitutional piohlbltlon ninendment nnd
the enforcing statutes do not become ef
fective until mldnlRht January 1, but It
was also decided that the expiration of
nil liquor licenses nt midnight tonight will
, render liquor sales on Now Year's Day
f unlawful.
According to ono authority between
12,000,000 nnd $3,000,000 havo been ex
pended for liquor In Colorado within the
last week.
Arlmn-ms will have Its first experience
With prohibition when the State-wide law,
passed by the last Legislature, goes Into
.. lit. ll intrw nt 4Vin OTAVit ..An
JMT-PI TVllll IIIU .Vlltlllf, Wl iho iivit IKlll.
Tho Arknntas department of the Antl
Bninnn Lcnmio has nnnounced that the
league will have workers In tho field to
see that tho law In enforced Antl-pro-hlbltlon
lenders have announced that no
fight will bo mado for the repeal of tho
law, at least until prohibition has been
nlven n thorough test I
' in Iown "bargain day sales" In the 602
, saloons of tho Stato were In progress
J jestorday preparatory to tho final closing
8 last night. Under tho mulct law repeal
passed by the last Legislature, statutory
i prohibition Is restored, ponding tho action
! of the next Legislature nnd tho people
' on the proposed amendment for prohibi
tion, which Is to bo disposed of within tho
next two years.
In Oregon tho manufneturo or salo of
any hind of Intoxicating liquor Is abso
lutely prohibited by constitutional amend
. ment. Drug stores aro not permitted to
''"So Ml llnnnr for nnv mirnnsn with or wltli-
oVL.a doctor'n prescription Each family
may Import for personnl uso u maximum
cither of two quarts of splrltous or vinous
liquors or 21 quarts of malt liquors In any
period of four successive weeks No per
son other thnn a common carrier may
mako deliveries of liquor and tho pur
chaser of liquor Illegally Is mndo equally
culpable with tho seller.
In the Stato of Washington the Initia
tive prohibition law ratified In November,
1913, permits residents to purchnso from
dealers outside tho Stato two quarts of
epirltous liquor or 12 quarts of beer each
SO, days.
Idaho went dry Inst .light by virtue of
statutory prohibition. Moat of tho State
has been dry under local option and only
about 150 saloons will bo forced out of
business. Idaho's prohibition law Is said
to bo tho most drastic In tho Union. It
not only prohibits the manufacture and
salo of liquor, but makes possession of
any kind of malt or splrltous liquor a
crime, excepting wine for sacramental
purposes and pure alcohol for medical.
scientific ana mechanical uses, which is
ocurablo only on an order from tho
obato Court.
rho South Carolina dispensary systoin.
ndcr which 15 out of 44 counties operated
liquor dispensaries, censed to exist at
sundown jestcrday. Under tho new pro
hibition law IndUIduals may obtnln
through shipment one gallon of liquor a
month for personal use. Certain spirits
aro permitted for the church, arts and
sciences, according- to an opinion by the
Attorney deneral of the Stnte. The State
dispensary system replaced tho open bar
room In South Carolina In 1S9J.
"MOTHER" SHIP PUT HACK
TO RECEIVE A NEW GUN
Mystery of tho MelviHos Return Is
Explained
The return of the Mclvllt to the Phila
delphia Navy Tnrd after she had put to
sea on Thursday has been explained by
officials In Washington In n way which
clears the matter of mystery. The vessel
returned, they say, to take dn, board n
five-Inch gun which arrived at the navy
yard a few hours after the ship had
sailed. ho Melville Is the "mother" ship
or genetai tender of tho torpedoboat do
tllln of tho North Atlantic squadron.
The Mchllle cleared Philadelphia and
weighed anchor at 2 on Thursday after
noon to renin New York In time for tho
officers and the men to spend New Tear's
In port. When the gun reached the jard
the ship was ordered to return, Rnd after
loading the gun she sailed again yester
day afternoon at 3.M o'clock. As a re
sult of tho change the men were forced
to spend today nt sea
It was first hinted that trouble with the
workmen who had been repairing the ship
was the real reason for her return More
than twenty shlpjolners, who had been
working on the vessel, quit their Jobs on
Thursday because they did not recelvo
nn Increase In pay, ns havo most all other
trades emplojcd In the Government jards.
The oftlcHls denied, however, that labor
troubles had anything to do with the re
turn of the ship.
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ACT AS MAYOR WILL BE
DISCUSSION OF LOAN
Next Executive and Cabinet
Will Take Up Matter Imme
diately After Regime Is
Inaugurated
WILL FIX NEW AMOUNT
Bln Staff Correspondent
ATLANTIC CITT, N J., Jan 1. Mayor
led Thomas H, Sm'th today announced
that one of his first oltlclnl acts after he
Is Installed In office Monday noon will he
I to call a conference of his Cabinet to de
teimlnc the amount of n new loan, to
tnke tho place of the $95,000,000 loan that
I wns held up nfter It was Instroduccd In
Councils six weeks ago.
The new loan, he said, will be large
enough to provide for ft substantial start
on tne improvements mat nave Been
planned These Include the subway nnd
elevated lines
Tho bill for the new loan will be Intro
duced at the first regular meeting of the
new Councils, nhlch will be held on
Thursday of next week. Tho day of the
Cabinet meeting at nhlch the principal
features of tho new loan wilt be settled
has not been set by the Major-elect
"A new loan bill will bo Introduced at
the first meeting of Councils," )"
Mayor-elect "I cannot state tho i -until
nfter I hare conferred With l'i i
rectors. I shall confer with them
first thine after I to Into office. Rnd !
from them the amounts they tfqi)li u
construct the Improvements that ml
been planned "
The Mayor-elect's announcement -ccr
Inir on the first dar of the year show
that he considers the floatfn of a lar
loan tho most Important ovent of tl
start of his administration His messai
wilt deal almost solely with the compr
henslve progrftm of public Improvemen
that he has already outlined. The Jot
Is necessary before these Improvemen
can be started. Tho Mayor-elect wou
not discuss tho probable amount th
will bo provided for In the new 'lot
bill for transit. "I cajinot tell trt
amount until after I have talked thi
situation over with the members of ms
Cabinet," he said. "It will all be de
termined, however, when I discuss th
loan with the heads of the departments."
Concerning the (93,000.000 loan that has
been held tip nt the request of the Mayor
elect himself, hefcald; "My principal con
cern about the JOSMO.OOO loan was to have
tho loan held up altir I had been Informed
that there were legal objections to If."
Providing Jobs for the 4000 "faithful"
who were promised reinstatement In, City
Hall during the campaign last fall la
proving a hard problem to solve. Mayor
elect Smith admitted this today. He said
that unless the resignations of two or
three City Hall officials nre In his hands
on Monday, after ho takes office, ho wilt
formally request them.
Tho onlv Important places still to h
filled In the hall are tho Civil Sen Ice
Commission and tho Chief of tho Bureau
of Highways.
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Thia group, from tho M. A. Brudcr Club, was ono of tho most picturesque of tho mummer comics.
CURIOUS APPRAISE
BRIDE OF PRESIDENT
First Now Year Reception of
Couple Held at Resort
Hotel Today
HOT SPHINGS, Va Jan 1. The fact
that this winter resort had tho honor of
being tho scena for tho first public recep
tion of President Wilson and his bride
attracted hundred of natives to the "tem
porary Whlto House" early today. All
were anxious to greet the Executive nnd
to tlnd out for themselves whether the new
"first lady of tho land" was ns prepos
sessing as tho reports had It. As n result,
although tho reception was not scheduled
until nfternoon, the curious uero on hand
before breakfast to get good places for
the ceremony.
The President and Mrs. Wilson did not
mingle with the other guests In the big
watch night celebration held last night.
Instead they remained quietly In tho se
clusion of their own suite to watch tho
new year In Tho President chatted with
Secretaiy of State Lansing over tho spe
cial telephone during the evening, but It
was explained that the conference had
nothing to do with tho International sit
uation President Wilson has decided a number
of factional fghts for ofllces under tho
Department of Justice nnd the Postofllce
Department since ho camo here, nnd n
big bntch of nominations has been sent
on to Washington to be mado ready for
his signature when he returns to the
capital.
After breakfast this morning the Presi
dent nnd Mrs. Wilson went for a short
auto ride, returning to tho hotel early
to prepare for the public reception.
BIG CEMENT COMPANY
EXTENDS TO VIRGINIA
Lehigh Portland Concern Plans
to Reach Out for South
ern Business
Mayor, Judges, Members of
Councils and County Officers
Will Be Sworn In
Monday will be Inauguration day for the
successful cnndldates for the bench nnd
county offices, as well as for the city
offices. The rcorganlratlon of Councils
in the-mornlng will mnrk the opening of
the activities. Dr. Edward B. Gleason
will assume the position of president of
Common Council and James K. Lennon of
Select. All of the clerks and attaches
have been retained.
Mayor-elect Smith and his cabinet mem
bers will call upon Mayor Blankenburg
at his offices on the second floor of City
Mall and nn unofficial reception will be
held In the reception room of the Mayor's
suite. The reception room has been trans
formed Into an Italian garden with per
1 Kolas and electric arches round the sides.
The word "Welcome" In electric lights
. has been placed over the doorway
' through which the new and old sets of
' .fofllcers will push. At noon the tno
""Mayors, accompanied by their directors,
will 'march to the chamber of Common
Council, which also has been decorated.
Here they will be received by a delegation
and escorted to the president's desk.
Judge Patterson will administer the oath
to the Mayor, after which, the party will
return to the second floor, where Mayor
Smith will at once take up the duties of
Jila office.
The new directors will be sworn in by
Jlayor Smith. And other Inaugurals wll be
held throughouthe building as arranged
t, by the heads .of county offices. The
Judges to be sworn In are Judge Shoe
maker, In Court No. 1; Judges Rogers
and Wessel, In Court No. 3, and Judge
HacNellle. In the Municipal Court. Jus
tice Walling, who was recently appointed
to the Supreme Bench by the Governor,
will also be sworn In and Judge Dallett
'Will begin a new term of 10 ears In the
Orphans' Court.
iQlty Solicitor John P, Connelly will
Jbe svvor'i In by Judge Audenrrld In Court
No. i.
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1916, LEAP YEAR,
WELCOMED BY CITY
ALtENTOWN', Pa., Jan. 1. Announce
ment was mado New Tear's morning that
tho Lehigh Portland Cement Company
had this week ncqulrpd ownership of tho
Virginia Portlnnd Cement Company prop
erty locatod t Tordvijck, Va , on tho
Chesape&ke and Ohio Itallroad.
The Lehigh Portland .ement Company,
which Is headed by Colonel Ilnrry C
Troxler, last year produced 12.000,000 bar
rels of cement nt 12 mills located In east
ern and western Pennsjlvanla, Indiana,
Iowa nnd tho Stato of Washington.
Tho Virginia plant, which Is a 1,000,000.
barrel mill, will bo used to supply the
trade In Virginia, West Virginia, and tho
Carollnas, to which the Lehigh Company
lias not, up to this time, had access bc
causo of high freight rates from this
region
The new purchase Involved nearly
$1 000.000.
NORTH BRANCH Y.M.C. A
OBSERVES NEW YEAR'S
Open House Today and Enter
tainment Tonight Other
Association News
GERMAN PLOT SUSPECTED
IN CHICAGO EXPLOSION
Continued from Face One
been found that a majority of the holiday
makers were under 17 years of nge.
And they came with horns, nnd earn
estly blew In the new year, as If the new
vear were some obstruction Inside the
horns that had to be blown out before the
planets and tho suns could resumo their
work of dealing out new years.
Naturally, the task of clearing the 1915
obstructions out of those honiB made n
noise. But you could not hear the noise
that Philadelphia was mnklng at Broad
and Chestnut. There all that you knew
was that some girl was trjlng to blow off
the top of your head, by placing the big
end of a horn close to your ear You
looked to see If she was pretty; nt.d she
wasn't, particularly.
But to hear Philadelphia one had to
leave the central mart of merriment. One
had to walk away from tho myriad lights
of the City Hall, away to where the quiet
streets, deserted by the centripetal
throngs yawned peacefully and happy
like old men who nre glad to get the
noisy young folk out of the way for a
while. Mile after mile their emptiness
told how crowded It must be In mldclty.
There, In the quiet, ono could hear Phil
adelphia at last.
Like a human thing the great city sent
Its voice Into the sk ; one wide, deep wall
of desperate hope, -like a great and noble
woman calling her sons to a high enter
prise. They played on tin horns, she
played on her trumpets of Industry, the
bellowing- notes of steamships, of manu
factories. She tolled In her State House
for a new liberty; while they took old
liberties with cowbells.
Six Probably Dcnd in Wieckage of
Linseed Oil Plant
CHICAGO, Jnn 1 While search was
being made today In the flro ruins of
tho Cleveland Linseed OH Company's
plant near South Chicago for sK miss
ing men, Federal agents were working
on clues said to point to an nnti-AUIes'
plot to destroy tho plant, which has been
manufacturing supplies for tho war. lloiio
for tho six missing men has been almost
abandoned.
Tho flro Bwopt four blocks of tnnks nnd
buildings, destroying property valued nt
from $1,000,000 to $1,600,000, and was punc
tuated by explosions which shattered
everv window within half a mile.
Tho North Branch Young Men's Chris
tian Association Is keeping open house
for men nnd oUer boys today. During
the afternoon thoro will bo a display of
goldfish, n moving picture exhibition,
orchestra music bv tho Shelly Brothers,
csmnantlc entertainments, an exhibition
of swimming and nddresses by Dr. Henry
Fisher and Dr. Torrcst E. Dngcr.
The Philadelphia Opera nnd Concert
Pnrtj will glvo nn evening entertainment
under tho nusplces of tho Interchurch
Lvceum The company will present "The
Mikado."
Hvnngcllst Charles II Yatman will ad
dress tho Trail-Hitters' Bible class on
Friday nights during January. Tho meet
ings will bo held In the lobby and will be
open to the public
The North Branch will commemorate
tho Inauguration of the Sunday meetings
In tho new building b Bpcclal cxcrclBcs
tomorrow nt 4 p in Dr. Colvln O. Alt
house, head of tho commercial depart
ment of tho Central High School, will be
the speaker Ho will talk on "A Itetro
spect and a Prospect." A special musical
program will bo presented
"The Call of 1010 to America" Is the
subject of a lecture to bo given by Harry
Phillips, of London, Eng , nt the Central
Young Men's Chilstl.iu Association at 3:30
tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Phillips was ut once time Major
of East London
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Child Badly Hurt by Auto
Slx-jenr.old Charles Schaeffer, of 4462
North Gratz street, Is In St. Luke's
Homeopathic Hospital today In a serious
condition from Injuries received when ho
was run down by an automobile late e
terdav The machine, according to the
police, was driven hv Charles Langner,
of Knox street, Germantown
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DEGIN the New Year right!
JET Temperance be the guiding thought and carry the
New Year resolution not only through 1916. but
through all the years to come.
OE TEMPERATE! Let Thought, Speech. Action be in
accord. Think kindly things speak the kindly
thought and do the kindly act. You not only make' the
world better by what you, yourself, do, but your example
influences others.
'TEMPERANCE is Moderation, and Moderation is the
precise opposite of Excess. The man of fiery, impetuous
speech is intemperate and the man who cats to excess,
and is a glutton, is every whit as intemperate as the man
who drinks to excess,
' cnii.l:'-'"' TOlll
likfe
'TEMPERANCE does not mean Prohibition for Tem
perance is a self-exercised virtue whose keynote is
commonsense; and Prohibition is an imposed, obligatory
condition that interferes with one's personal liberty, and
whose keynote is bigotry.
J ET 1916 be a year of Temperance of Moderation! For
the world owes much to the man, who exercising his
t moral right, drinks in moderation and achieves the worth
while things. History proves that ninety-nine one-hun-
dredths of the big things in the world have been accom
plished, not by the total abstainer, but by the man who
indulged in alcoholic beverages, but did so in a tempercte,
moderate way,
A ND what is true of the individual is no less true of the
Nation. China and Turkey, which harbor the nations
that abstain from alcoholic beverages, are further behind in
achievement or in civilization than any other countries on
the globe.
T ET 1916 be a year of Temperance to you of Modera
tion. Start the New Year right!
Pennsylvania State Brewers' Association
The Next Article Will Appear Wed net day, January Sth)
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